The overuse of self-report in the study of beliefs in education: epistemological considerations |
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| Authors: | Alfredo Gaete Viviana Gómez Pelayo Benavides |
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| Institution: | Campus Villarrica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica, Chile |
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| Abstract: | The last few decades abound in studies concerned with what teachers, students, parents, and other participants in the educational process believe about a wide variety of issues. Most of these studies follow methodological procedures based on reports that people make about their own beliefs. We argue that this strategy is seriously flawed under certain conditions that often obtain and, therefore, we should revise what we know so far about people’s beliefs. We also suggest a more suitable alternative procedure. |
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| Keywords: | Beliefs educational research participant observation research methods self-report teacher beliefs |
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